The Audit Analytics Accounting Quality + Risk Matrix (AQRM) makes it easy to identify accounting, audit, and governance red flags for public companies. This blog series breaks down the risks associated with specific firm-level events included in the AQRM. A public company’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Accounting + Oversight
AQRM Red Flags: Changes in Accounting Estimates
The Audit Analytics Accounting Quality + Risk Matrix (AQRM) makes it easy to identify accounting, audit, and governance red flags for public companies. This blog series breaks down the risks associated with specific firm-level events included in the AQRM. Changes in accounting estimates (CAE) … Continue reading
AQRM Red Flags: Financial Reporting
The Audit Analytics Accounting Quality + Risk Matrix (AQRM) makes it easy to identify accounting, audit, and governance red flags for public companies. This blog series breaks down the risks associated with specific firm-level events included in the AQRM. Misstating financial statements is a … Continue reading
AQRM Red Flags: Controls
The Audit Analytics Accounting Quality + Risk Matrix (AQRM) makes it easy to identify accounting, audit, and governance red flags for public companies. This blog series breaks down the risks associated with specific firm-level events included in the AQRM. Red flag events … Continue reading
A Closer Look at Votes Against Auditor Ratification – 2020
An analysis of shareholder votes filed between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2020, shows that, on average, roughly 98% of votes were cast in favor of auditor ratification.1 Votes against auditor ratification comprised 2.0% of the total votes; abstained … Continue reading
AQRM Red Flags: Insiders
The Audit Analytics Accounting Quality + Risk Matrix (AQRM) makes it easy to identify accounting, audit, and governance red flags for public companies. This blog series breaks down the risks associated with specific firm-level events included in the AQRM. Red … Continue reading
Academic Spotlight: Auditor Ratification’s Impact on Audit Quality
Research shows that shareholder dissatisfaction improves audit quality. In June of 2020, Paul Tanyi, Gregory Martin, Dasaratha Rama, and K. Raghunandan published research in Accounting Horizons that measured shareholder votes against the ratification of an audit firm in the proxy statement. Their … Continue reading